Charles M. Wheatley

Charles M. Wheatley A. M.
Born	March 16, 1822(1822-03-16) Ongar, England
Died	May 6, 1882(1882-05-06) (aged 60)[1] Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Occupation	miner and palaeontologist
Known for	Identifying several new fossilized species

Charles Moore Wheatley (16 March 1822 Ongar, England – 6 May 1882 Phoenixville, Pennsylvania) was a noted English-American miner and palaeontologist of the 19th century. He is noted for identifying several new fossilized species, some of which bear his name, and for his connection to the Port Kennedy Bone Cave, which contained one of the most important middle Pleistocene (Irvingtonian, approximately 750,000 years ago) fossil deposits in North America.

He also managed successful mines in Connecticut and Pennsylvania, including a lead mine in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

Species

• Cychrus Wheatleyi
• Megalonyx wheatleyi

References

1. ^ "Obituary Notes". New York Times. May 9, 1882. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50714FE3B55157A93CBA9178ED85F468884F9. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 

• Wheatley biography at The Mineralogical Record
• Pennypacker, Samuel Whitaker (1872). Annals of Phoenixville and Its Vicinity: From the Settlement to the Year 1871. Phoenixville, PA: Bavis & Pennypacker, printers. 295. http://books.google.com/books?id=pfcMAAAAYAAJ. 

External links

•  "Wheatley, Charles Moore". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1889. 

Persondata
Name	Wheatley, Charles M.
Alternative names
Short description	English-American miner and palaeontologist
Date of birth	March 16,1822
Place of birth	Ongar, England
Date of death	May 6, 1882
Place of death	Phoenixville, PA